Which to use
“digits” and “digs” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,872
- “digits” frequency rank
- #17,590
- “digs” frequency rank
- 29462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digits | digs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner. | plural of dig |
Letter map: digits vs digs
Shared letters muted; letters that set digits and digs apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Corpus notes: digits and digs
digits and digs are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digits is recorded at frequency rank #11,872, classified as anoun. digs is at rank #17,590, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɪɡz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 29462, this pair ranks #362,781 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of digits vs digs
Shared letters: dgis. Private to "digits": t. Private to "digs": -.
"digits" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "digs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "digits" and "digs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "digits" vs "digs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "digits" and "digs".
- Full dictionary entry for "digits" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,781 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digits" and "digs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digs vs dikes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #362,781 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.